He is not a Third World AH toy soldier that issues himself citations and medals.

At the least? He should be shown respect for his 'fruit salad' and hardware- each and every little pin/flag represents a story about what he has done to make the grade during his career.

Hey, I'm a big fan of Petraeus. Was just responding to comment from
Blue about trusting a man who fainted while waiting to give testimony
before Congress. I think the guy is an amazing man. America is lucky to
have him. Check out what he did two days after chest surgery......

For what it's worth, here is an opinion piece by David Brooks about General McChrystal, and the current atmosphere in D.C.

Seems to say it's the Reporter's fault that this turned into a big deal.
Sorry, McC should have know better. To utter the slams with a room full
of beer drinking buddies ,and a civilian Reporter, was a serious lapse in judgement.

I've Been Boo'd

I've been Frosted

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.

Yeah, Freq hopping DOES work, just takes a good commo guy, treadheads who actually LISTEN to said commo guy, and about a week of practice to get it together.

What? You mean banging the handset on the turret roof is not the fix?

As for listening to the commo guy.... It depends on what we are doing. If we had a hot Table 7 run and the crew is feeling good about Table 8, no way in hell is commo guy getting in the tank. We would take the radio out to be worked on. LOL Mojo MATTERS.

I didn't just have a CD player hooked into the VIC in my track, it was set up to broadcast on the BN alternate net, and I had a massaged radio to do it with.

Never made it on a crew where I had to deal with the BN net. Which is cool. Gunning for the old man sucks. They never care about doing well, just get that 700.

All's well and good until the freqs rotate and the BN alt net becomes the command net, and someone forgot to change settings on the 100+ watt toy riding in the back. Oopsie?

That's where guys with silver thingys on their collars start screaming into handsets, right? Because that always helps. Panicked talk on the BN command net always ensures a favorful outcome. LOL

Touche'. Its fun to be taught how to do CQB by a bunch of supply guys. No lie. A Georgia NG BSB were our 'instructors' for my last Bosnia trip. It was, litterally, laughable. "Ummm, 'sir', I don't think sending the point man in to 'scout', by himself, is a good idea."

ETA - What's worse? MAT or dudes from Corps G-5? With PA people?

Romans 8:28 ESV
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."

Sorry, McC should have know better. To utter the slams with a room full
of beer drinking buddies ,and a civilian Reporter, was a serious lapse in judgement.

He HAD to know better. This could not be a lapse in judgement.... It was a calculated move. A General does not become a General by making "should have known better" mistakes like this. I mean, seriously, Rolling Stone?

The interesting part is the WHY?

Romans 8:28 ESV
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."

He HAD to know better. This could not be a lapse in judgement.... It was a calculated move. A General does not become a General by making "should have known better" mistakes like this. I mean, seriously, Rolling Stone?

Hey, I'm a big fan of Petraeus. Was just responding to comment from
Blue about trusting a man who fainted while waiting to give testimony
before Congress. I think the guy is an amazing man. America is lucky to
have him. Check out what he did two days after chest surgery......